University of Chicago Top Questions

What are your classes like?

Claire

English classes are discussion based and require A LOT of reading, but psychology classes are really science-focused - beyond your basic considerations of how we work and interact with others. So there's half individual thinking and discussion, half memorization and note-taking.

Esther

Classes go by fast because of the ten-week quarter system, so professors usually plunge right in to the material. As an English major, I attend mostly seminar (small discussion) classes of about 8-15 people. I have about 100 pages of reading per class per week, which is definitely manageable. For these kinds of smaller classes, attendance is important because it also affects your participation (you can't speak if you're not there, duh), but for bigger lecture classes, skipping a couple isn't noticeable.

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